Every Campaign Has Supporters Doing It So Let's Stop The Drama...

[Khephra]

Dean Supporters are bashing Kerry Supporters.

Dean supporters are bashing Graham supporters.

Dean supporters are bashing Sharpton supporters.

Dean supporters are bashing Edwards supporters.

Dean supporters are bashing Kucinich supporters.

Dean supporters are bashing Lieberman supporters.

Dean supporters are bashing Braun supporters

Kerry Supporters are bashing Dean supporters.

Kerry supporters are bashing Graham supporters.

Kerry supporters are bashing Kucinich supporters.

Kerry supporters are bashing Edwards supporters.

Kerry supporters are bashing Gephardt supporters.

Kerry supporters are bashing Sharpton supporters.

Kerry supporters are bashing Lieberman supporters.

Kerry supporters are bashing Braun supporters.

Graham supporters are bashing Kerry supporters.

etc...etc...etc...

yadda...yadda...yadda....

I've seen despicable posts from the supporters of every candidate, except for maybe the Braun camp--and that's probably because of the small number of supporters.

IF you think the supporters of your candidate haven't crossed the line somewhere and are totally guilt-free, then please look closer. Everyone candidate has supporters who need to be taken aside and talked to by someone.

But that doesn't mean that you should group all the supporters of any candidate into one group. There is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all stereotypical supporter of ANY candidate.

All shit stinks....but if you're thinking that all the supporters in YOUR camp are guilt-free, then you better blow your nose, because it's plugged up and you can't smell the shit that's surrounding you anymore.

[CMT]

1. well said

eom.

[searchingforlight]

2. I have been wanting to say something similar for a LONG time.

Thank you.

Also, a poster can just say something positive about his/her candidate and some people take offense.

[goobergunch]

3. I concur. (n/t)

[DEMActivist]

4. The sad thing is...

all this garbage being flung hasn't changed my mind about the candidate I support, but it sure HAS changed my mind about DUers and DU, in general.

[wndycty]

7. Agreed DEMActivist

:kick:

[JitterbugPerfume]

5. Thank you Kef

That needed to be said

and you said it well

I am so sick and tired of the candidate bashing . None of them is perfect , but they are DEMOCRATS , one and all

Shame on some of us for forgetting that

[Khephra]

6. Oh, and I'd like to add

that we've all had our moments. I'm not exempt from being an asshole from time to time. I think everyone knows the type of poster that I'm talking about in this thread.

[searchingforlight]

11. Yes, the ones that are my ignore list.

There are a few that make my blood boil and continually express views that are not discourse but rabid diatribes. I didn't come to DU for that. I don't mind disagreements but I do like to think that we are all looking for a thoughtful exchange of ideas that will get us all to where we want to be.

[meegbear]

8. How come the Kerry people are at the top?

You dean people do most of this.

Should be dean then Kerry.

[Khephra]

9. I knew someone would ask that

Sheesh...it was random with no thought to it.

[Khephra]

10. I do hope that was a joke

Because calling us "you Dean people" just pointed out one of my prime points.

[Khephra]

12. Being a gentleman (at least trying to be one)

I put my candidate first now. I hope that makes everyone happy.

[Clete]

13. True we shouldn't be trashing candidates unless they

are DINOS, and only one candidate qualifies for that, or Republicans. What we should be touting is what our candidate brings to the table that is superior to the other candidates IMHO.

[Khephra]

14. It's not the trashing of other candidates so much

as the wholesale stereotyping of the supporters of candidates that is getting to me. Candidate trashing is a part of the primary process.

But within the close confines of a forum like DU it gets unhealthy for people to go around bashing other supporters as if they're this hive-mind who thinks the same and does everything as one.

[sybylla]

15. You nailed it Keph, as always.

Wanted to say the same thing myself but figured I was so outnumbered it wouldn't pay.

A :toast: to your eloquence.

[w13rd0]

16. Boo hoo...

...mommy! The <candidate x> supporters are picking on me.

The stereotyping of supporters really tends to enflame all threads. In many of them, it isn't even about the candidates anymore, as just slinging generalizations about "their supporters". The slinging of terms like "Dean freaks" and those that use such lingo really raise my hackles. It's this kind of divisiveness that Rove relishes. Sure, call me some more names. You've seen the polls, you know DAMN WELL I'll support whomsoever is the Democratic nominee, so you insult me freely. It's rather rank behavior. I've seen far more <candidate x> supporters say they would NOT vote for Dean if he were the nominee than I've seen Dean supporters say they wouldn't vote for <candidate anyone other than Lieberman> if they were the nominee.

Friggin grow the hell up people. As Sharpton said, it's a little early in the cycle for all this sniping...

[lkinsale]

17. Hmm, which Graham supporter has bashed Kerry supporters?

I must have missed that.

[chiburb]

18. Braun Supporters: The New Naderites?

Just kidding K, just kidding...

[jrthin]

19. AMEN!

nt

[KoKo]

20. Agree Keph, thanks! However, everyone has moved on to Southern Bashing

now, so the "Candidates" subject may get a break.

[dmr]

21. Yes, because the man you are bashing today

just might be the man you may support after the primaries.

I'm a fair and balanced, equal opportunity Bush* and Republican basher. I don't bash family, friends or lefties.

[Exultant Democracy]

22. Ok that is it I'm going to become a Lyndon LaRouche supporter

And bash on all of you.

Dean is too good at using the internet,
Kerry looks to much like a president,
Edwards is too much of a Cinderella story,
etc...

Yeah, you want more where that came from. You best step correct from now on, least I be brining another can of whop-ass

[Mairead]

23. No, I don't think every campaign has supporters doing it

though I do think that certain campaigns have supporters doing it a lot.

Perhaps I have a different definition of what 'it' is, though.